“Growing up, I was always called Jason Patric, especially when I
was bad. It's also mildly Oedipal. You have to kill the parents in
order to become yourself.” Jason Patric (on why he dropped his
surname name)

American actor of screen and stage Jason Patric, son of actor and
playwright Jason Miller, first came to the attention of public as the
star of Joel Schumacher's comedy/thriller hit, “The Lost
Boys” (1987), alongside Corey Haim. He continued to gain critical
plaudits for his performances in the war movie “The Beast of
War” (1988), the erotic thriller “After Dark, My
Sweet” (1990), the crime/drama “Rush” (1991) and the
crime film “Narc” (2002). He shared the Western Heritage
Bronze Wrangler Award for “Geronimo: An American Legend”
(1993), picked up the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Award, an
Online Film Critics Society nomination and a Golden Satellite
nomination for his scene stealing role in Neil LaBute's “Your
Friends & Neighbors” (1998), which also marked Patric's
feature producing debut, and won a Stockholm Film Festival Award for
his starring role in the indie drama“Expired” (2007). The
intense actor also received a Razie nomination for her performance in
the 1997 sequel “Speed 2: Cruise Control,” opposite Sandra
Bullock.

Patric has been linked to several celebrities. He dated Robin
Wright from 1989 to 1990 and then Sherilyn Fenn from 1990 to 1991. The
sexy, brooding actor started dating Julia Roberts in 1991 days after
the actress canceled her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland, a friend of
Patric's. The new couple went to Ireland together but they soon
split up. Patric recalled, “I knew dating (Roberts) would be
trouble. I just didn't know how much of an impact it would have on my
privacy. Because I'm such a private person, what happened was the
ultimate nightmare. I had worked for the first six years of my career
to be as anonymous as possible and, in the space of a few weeks, I was
one of the most public people in the world just because I was dating a
famous person who liked to be in the press and who courted the
press.”

In 1994, Patric began an on-and-off relationship with supermodel Christy Turlington that eventually lasted in 1999.

Jason Patric Miller

Childhood and Family:

Jason Patric was born Jason Patric Miller Jr. on June 17, 1966, in
Queens, New York, to Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Oscar
nominated actor Jason Miller (1939-2001) and actress Linda Mae Gleason,
daughter of actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. Following his parents'
divorce in 1973, he was raised in New York City until age 16 when the
family move to California. Patric attended Don Bosco Preparatory High
School, a prestigious all-boys school in Ramsey, New Jersey, and Saint
Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California. He performed
in high school productions of “Grease” and
“Dracula.” Patric has an older sister named Jennifer Miller
(born 1964), a younger brother named Jordan Miller (born 1968) and a
half brother named Joshua Miller (born 1975), from his father's next
marriage to Playboy Playmate of the Month Susan Bernard. The family is
of Irish Catholic descent.

The Lost Boys

Career:

“I'm willing to take less money and fourth billing and do
interesting roles. I hate putting Limitations on myself. I don't set
out to sell popcorn or make money for the major studios. What I'd like
is for my work to have meaning.” Jason Patric (on his career
choices)

After moving to California, a then 16 year old Jason Patric had his
first foray into the cinematic industry when he was hired as a
production assistant in the film adaptation of his father's Pulitzer
Prize award winning play, “That Championship Season”
(1982). Despite showing an interest and aptitude in production, he
instead chose to pursue a career in acting, and then dropped the family
name Miller reportedly to avoid charges of nepotism.

Patric, who worked for a summer with the Champlain Shakespeare Festival
in Vermont while in junior high school, made his professional acting
debut with a major part as Bruce Dern and Lee Remick's troubled son in
the made for television film “Toughlove” (ABC, 1985), which
was nominated for the Casting Society of America Artios Award for Best
Casting for TV Movie of the Week. In the following year, he hit the big
screen as a roller-skating lump in “Solarbabies,” a poorly
received science fiction movie directed by Alan Johnson and executive
produced by Mel Brooks. Costars in the film included Richard Jordan,
Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas and Charles Dunning.

In 1987, Patric had his first feature leading role in the teen horror
“The Lost Boys,” where he played Michael Emerson, the
rebellious older brother of Corey Haim's Sam who is drawn into a cult
of vampire. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film received positive
reviews and performed well at the box office. He followed it up with
the extraordinary role of a pacifist Russian soldier in Afghanistan who
finally joins the Afghan rebels on the Kevin Reynolds war movie
“The Beast of War” (1988), adapted from a William
Mastrosimone play “Nanawatai.” Although it was not a
success at the box office, the film has enjoyed a cult-favorite status.

Entering the 1990s, Patric was cast as Robin Wright's boyfriend in the
drama film “Denial” (1990), which was written and directed
by Erin Dignam, and had a brief role as Lord Byron on the film version
of Brian Aldiss' novel, “Frankenstein Unbound” (1990),
directed by Roger Corman, but it was his portrayal of a former boxer
caught up in a kidnapping scheme in the neo-noir film “After
Dark, My Sweet” (1990), directed and co-written by James Foley,
that earned the actor rave reviews. He gained further critical acclaim
for playing a heroin-addicted narcotics police officer in the
crime/drama movie “Rush” (1991), opposite Jennifer Jason
Leigh and Sam Elliott.

After a short relationship with America's very high-profile sweetheart
Julia Roberts (around 1991-1992), Patric withdrew from public eye and
did not make a comeback to acting until he co-starred with Wes Studi,
Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Matt Damon and Pato Hoffmann in Walter
Hill's western movie, “Geronimo: An American Legend”
(1993), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound. The film
brought him the Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Award in the category
of Theatrical Motion Picture. He followed it up two years later with
the title role on the John Duigan directed period drama “ The
Journey of August King” (1995), opposite Thandie Newton. Patric
starred as Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra on the film adaptation of
“Sleepers” (1996), which was written, produced, and
directed by Barry Levinson, starred with Irene Jacob in John Badham's
crime/thriller movie, “Incognito” (1997) and joined Sandra
Bullock to headline the action/thriller movie “Speed 2: Cruise
Control” (1997), a sequel to the 1994 blockbuster
“Speed.” He and Bullock shared a Razzie nomination for
Worst Screen Couple for their performance in the film.

In 1998, Patric made his producing debut with Neil LaBute's black
comedy,“Your Friends & Neighbors,” where he also
co-starred as Cary, a mutual and caddish doctor of sad-sack
business executive Barry's (played by (Aaron Eckhart). For his
bravura acting, the actor won the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra
Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for
the Online Film Critics Society Award and the Golden Satellite Award in
the same category.

After a four year absence, Patric returned with his remarkable turn as
an undercover narcotics cop in the 2002 crime film “Narc,”
opposite Ray Liotta, Chi McBride and Busta Rhymes. About corrupt police
involved in the illegal drug trade, the film, which was helmed and
written by Joe Carnahan, the film was well received by critics upon its
release and enjoyed a moderate commercial success. The role brought
Patric a Prism nomination for Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film.
The same year, he also had an uncredited part in the Michael Meredith
award winning drama “Three Days of Rain.” In the following
year, he made his Broadway debut opposite Ashley Judd in the production
of Tennessee Williams' “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” in
which he played the role of Brick.

Next up for Patric, he was cast as Col. Jim Bowie in the war movie
“The Alamo” (2004), which was a major box office failure,
had a small role in the Alec Baldwin directed comedy/drama film
“Shortcut to Happiness” (2004), starring Baldwin, Anthony
Hopkins and Jennifer Love Hewitt, worked with Drea de Matteo, KaDee
Strickland, Sam Shepard and Bruce Dern in Matt Williams' “Walker
Payne” (2006), co-starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize
Theron and Susan Sarandon in Paul Haggis' “In the Valley of
Elah” (2007) and portrayed Jay Caswell in the Sundance premiered
“Expired” (2007), from which he won the Best Actor Award at
the Stockholm Film Festival. The actor briefly revisited the small
screen with a part in “Saturday Night Live: The Best of
David Spade” (2005). On stage, he co-starred with Ron Livingston
in Neil LaBute's play, “In a Dark Dark House” (2007), at
the Lucille Lortel Theater.

Patric starred with Maria Bello in the independent drama
“Downloading Nancy” (2008), which was nominated for a Grand
Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, played Brian Fitzgerald
in the Nick Cassavetes film adaptation of Jodi Picoult's novel,
“My Sister's Keeper” (2009), and jointed the ensemble cast
of the film adaptation of the comic book series “The
Losers” (2010) that also included Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris
Elba, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans. He co-starred with Diane Keaton,
Ellen Page and Sanaa Lathan in the made for television film
“Tilda” (2011), which was directed and co-written by Bill
Condon, and performed in a Broadway revival of “That Championship
Season” (2011).

Patric played Ulysses Pick in the Canadian movie “Keyhole,”
opposite Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier and Kevin McDonald. Helmed by
Guy Maddin, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film
Festival on September 9, 2011. He was cast as Christian Walker in the
upcoming made for television film “Powers,” opposite Lucy
Punch, Bailee Madison and Vinnie Jones.

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